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And the six hundred armed men of the Danites took their places by the doorway.

מִבְּנֵי־ (מִ) mi. “[were] of”

When they had gone some way from the house of Micah, the men from the houses near Micah's house came together and overtook the children of Dan,

מִבֵּ֣ית (מִ) mi. “from”

And they had no saviour, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no business with Aram; and it was in the valley which is the property of Beth-rehob. And building up the town again they took it for their living-place.

מִצִּיד֗וֹן (מִ) mi. “from”

Now in those days, when there was no king in Israel, a certain Levite was living in the inmost parts of the hill-country of Ephraim, and he got for himself a servant-wife from Beth-lehem-judah.

מִבֵּ֥ית (מִ) mi. “from”

And his servant-wife was angry with him, and went away from him to her father's house at Beth-lehem-judah, and was there for four months.

מֵֽאִתּוֹ֙ (מֵֽ) me. “from”

But his master said to him, We will not go out of our way into a strange town, whose people are not of the children of Israel; but we will go on to Gibeah.

מִבְּנֵ֥י (מִ) mi. “[are] of”

Now when it was evening they saw an old man coming back from his work in the fields; he was from the hill-country of Ephraim and was living in Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites.

מֵהַ֣ר (מֵ) me. “[was] from”

And when he saw the traveller in the street of the town, the old man said, Where are you going? and where do you come from?

וּמֵאַ֥יִן (מֵ) me. “from”

And he said to him, We are on our way from Beth-lehem-judah to the inmost parts of the hill-country of Ephraim: I came from there and went to Beth-lehem-judah: now I am on my way back to my house, but no man will take me into his house.

מִבֵּֽית־ (מִ) mi. “from”מִשָּׁ֣ם (מִ) mi. “[am] from”

And he gave orders to the men whom he sent, saying, This is what you are to say to all the men of Israel, Has ever an act like this been done from the day when the children of Israel came out of Egypt to this day? Give thought to it, turning it over in y

לְמִיּ֞וֹם (מִ) mi. “from”מֵאֶ֣רֶץ (מֵ) me. “from”

Then all the children of Israel took up arms, and the people came together like one man, from Dan to Beer-sheba, and the land of Gilead, before the Lord at Mizpah.

לְמִדָּן֙ (מִ) mi. “from”

Now give up those good-for-nothing persons in Gibeah so that we may put them to death, clearing away the evil from Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not give ear to the voice of their brothers, the children of Israel.

מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (מִ) mi. “from”

And the children of Benjamin who came that day from the towns were twenty-six thousand men armed with swords, in addition to the people of Gibeah, numbering seven hundred of the best fighting-men,

מֵהֶ֣עָרִ֔ים (מֵ) me. “from”מִיֹּשְׁבֵ֤י (מִ) mi. “from”

Who were left-handed, able to send a stone at a hair without error.

מִכֹּ֣ל׀ (מִ) mi. “[were] from”

And the men of Israel, other than Benjamin, were four hundred thousand in number, all armed with swords; they were all men of war.

מִבִּנְיָמִ֔ן (מִ) mi. “from”

And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, moving away from the town; and as before, at their first attack, they put to death about thirty men of Israel on the highways, of which one goes up to Beth-el and the other to Gibeah, and in the o

מֵהָעָ֨ם (מֵ) me. “some of”

So all the men of Israel got up and put themselves in fighting order at Baal-tamar: and those who had been waiting secretly to make a surprise attack came rushing out of their place on the west of Geba.

מִמְּקוֹמ֔וֹ (מִ) mi. “from”מִמְּקֹמ֖וֹ (מִ) mi. “from”מִמַּֽעֲרֵה־ (מִ) mi. “from”

And they came in front of Gibeah, ten thousand of the best men in all Israel, and the fighting became more violent; but the children of Benjamin were not conscious that evil was coming on them.

מִנֶּ֨גֶד (מִ) mi. “from”מִכָּל־ (מִ) mi. “from”

So turning their backs on the men of Israel, they went in the direction of the waste land; but the fight overtook them; and those who came out of the town were heading them off and putting them to the sword.

מֵהֶ֣עָרִ֔ים (מֵ) me. “[were] from”

And crushing Benjamin down, they went after them, driving them from Nohah as far as the east side of Gibeah.

מִמִּזְרַח־ (מִ) mi. “from”

Eighteen thousand men of Benjamin came to their death, all strong men of war.

מִבִּנְיָמִ֔ן (מִ) mi. “of”

So twenty-five thousand of the swordsmen of Benjamin came to their end that day, all strong men of war.

מִבִּנְיָמִ֗ן (מִ) mi. “of”

And the men of Israel, turning again against the children of Benjamin, put to the sword without mercy all the towns and the cattle and everything there was, burning every town which came into their hands.

מֵעִ֤יר (מֵ) me. “from”

And they said, O Lord, the God of Israel, why has this fate come on Israel, that today one tribe has been cut off from Israel?

מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (מִ) mi. “from”

Then on the day after, the people got up early and made an altar there, offering burned offerings and peace-offerings.

מִֽמָּחֳרָ֔ת (מִֽ) mi. “from”